Ecclesiastes 12
1 Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the time of affliction come, and the years draw nigh of which thou shalt say: They please me not:
Ke ma inge, esam El su orekomla ke kom srakna fusr, meet liki len koluk uh tuku ac meet liki yac uh apkuranme ke kom fah fahk, “Nga tia engankin moul luk.”
2 Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars be darkened, and the clouds return after the rain:
Pa ingan pacl se ma kalem lun faht, malem, ac itu uh fah mutawauk in ohkla, meet liki pukunyeng in af ac lohsreya faclu.
3 When the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall stagger, and the grinders shall be idle in a small number, and they that look through the holes shall be darkened:
In pacl sac, poum su tuh loangekom meet ac fah rarrar, ac niom su ku inge fah munasla. Wihsum su pueni ac fah tia ku in kontonauk mongo nom uh wo, ac atronmotom ac fah ohkla tia ku in liye.
4 And they shall shut the doors in the street, when the grinder’s voice shall be low, and they shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall grow deaf.
Srem ac fah tia lohng wowon fin inkanek uh. Ac fah upa kom in lohng pusren mwe ilil wheat ke ac ilil uh, ku pursren mwe on ke ac sritalkinyuk, a on lun sie won sohksok ku in okaskomyak liki motul.
5 And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street.
Kom ac fah langinging ke acn fulat, ac sensen in forfor. Aunsifom ac fah fiayai, na ac fah arulana upa kom in sifacna fahsr. Ac fah wanginla ma kom mwel. Kut ac som nu yen mongla na safla lasr, na ac fah oasr tung mwemelil inkanek uh.
6 Before the silver cord be broken, and the golden fillet shrink back, and the pitcher be crushed at the fountain, and the wheel be broken upon the cistern,
Sein silver ac fah wotla, ac lam gold fah putatla ac fokelik; sucl ke lufin kof ac fah wotelik, ac sufa in kof ac fah fokfoki.
7 And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it.
Manosr ac fah folokla nu in fohk uh oana meet, ac momong lun moul fah folokyak nu yurin God, su ase nu sesr.
8 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, and all things are vanity.
Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet el fahk, “Lusrongten na lusrongten! Ma nukewa lusrongten!”
9 And whereas Ecclesiastes was very wise, he taught the people, and declared the things that he had done: and seeking out, he set forth many parables.
Tusruktu ke sripen yohk lalmwetmet lun Mwet Luti sac, el tia tui in luti mwet uh ke ma el etu. El lutlutkin soakas, ac srike in konauk na pwaye kalmac uh.
10 He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.
Mwet Luti Lalmwetmet sac el srike in sokak kas in akwoye, tusruktu kas ma el simusla arulana pwaye.
11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails deeply fastened in, which by the counsel of masters are given from one shepherd.
Kas lun mwet lalmwetmet uh oana soko sak kosroh ma mwet liaung sheep uh orekmakin in sang kifus sheep uh, ac soakas ma orekeni nu sie ac oanna nwe tok oana osra ma patputi ku. Soakas inge ituku sin El su Mwet Shepherd sefanna lasr.
12 More than these, my son, require not. Of making many books there is no end: and much study is an affliction of the flesh.
Wen nutik, oasr pac sie ma kom in arulana taran. Sim book uh sie orekma wangin safla kac, ac fin yokla lutlut lom kac, ac eisla kuiyom.
13 Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man:
Tukun ma inge nukewa, ma sefanna fal in fwack: Sunakin ac akfulatye God, ac akos ma nukewa El sapkin, mweyen pa inge sripa ma mwet uh orekla nu kac.
14 And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.
God El ac nununku ma nukewa kut oru uh, finne wo ku koluk, ac finne ma orekla in lukma.
